Quotes To Live By

You Can Overcome Any Obstacle - Overcoming Quotes

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~Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment~ Booker T. Washington

~Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing~ Dr. Robert Anthony

~The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering~ Ben Okri

~I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again~ Gillian Anderson

~To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Every End Is Just A New Beginning - New Beginnings Quotes

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~Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending~ Maria Robinson

~Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be~ Marsha Petrie Sue

~The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings~ Dave Weinbaum

~What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning~ Unknown

~Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end~ Seneca

Obstacles Are Necessary For Success - Obstacles Quotes

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~Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal~ Henry Ford

~Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have~ Norman Vincent Peale

~You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life~ Les Brown

~Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them~ Orison Swett Marden

~Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better… or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future~ Og Mandino

Be The Candle Or The Mirror That Reflects Light - Light Quotes

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~We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own~ Ben Sweetland

~When you possess light within, you see it externally~ AnaÔs Nin

~There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it~ Edith Wharton

~Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished~ Michael Strassfeld

~For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections~ Peace Pilgrim

You Can Accomplish Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive - Accomplishment Quotes

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~Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them~ Warren G. Bennis

~There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something~ Henry Ford

~Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments~ Napoleon Hill

~We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible~ Vince Lombardi

~We tend to view confidence as a product of accomplishment rather than part of the process that leads there. But supremely confident people were confident long before they achieved anything~ John Eliot

Life Is Pure Adventure - Adventure Quotes

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~Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art~ Maya Angelou

~It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves~ Andre Gide

~A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short~ Bertrand Russell

~We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open~ Jawaharlal Nehru

~We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character~ Henry David Thoreau

Focus On What You Want Rather Than What You Don't Want - Focus Quotes

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~If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results~ Jack Dixon

~Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives~ Anthony Robbins

~Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention~ Greg Anderson

~If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you~ T. Harv Eker

~Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort~ Russell Simmons

Peace Comes From Living Christmas Every Day - Christmas Quotes

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~The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other~ Burton Hillis (Better Homes and Gardens)

~Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful~ Norman Vincent Peale

~There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions~ Bill McKibben

~Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day~ Helen Steiner Rice

~Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most~ Ruth Carter Stapleton

If It's Not Fun, You're Not Doing It Right - Fun Quotes

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~People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing~ Dale Carnegie

~Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human~ Anthony Robbins

~Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun~ Mary Lou Cook

~When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things~ Unknown

~We've got to learn hard things in our lifetime, but it's love that gives you the strength. It's being nice to people and having a lot of fun and laughing harder than anything, hopefully every single day of your life~ Drew Barrymore

Giving Up Should Never Be An Option - Giving Up Quotes

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~Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

~Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent~ Marilyn vos Savant

~Never let your head hang down.NEVER GIVE UP AND SIT DOWN AND GRIEVE.Find another way~ Satchel Paige

~Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong~ Ella Fitzgerald

~Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up~ Unknown

Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm - Enthusiasm Quotes

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~I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm~ Henry Truman

~Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away~ Denis Waitley

~Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do~ Norman Vincent Peale

~A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one~ Unknown

~Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius~ Isaac Disraeli

Continue The Learning Process As Long As You Live - Learning Quotes

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~You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives~ Clay P. Bedford

~He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger~ Confucius

~The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn~ John Lubbock

~The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn~ Alvin Toffler

~The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live~ Morris Adler

Humility Is The Foundation Of All The Other Virtues - Humility Quotes

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~We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility~ Rabindranath Tagore

~Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less~ Rick Warren

~He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility~ Charles Caleb Colton

~Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot~ Thomas Moore

~Wash out your ego every once in a while, as cleanliness is next to godliness not just in body but in humility as well~ Abbe Yeux-verdi

The More We Share The More We Have - Sharing Quotes

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~ Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared~ Buddha

~Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give~ Norman MacEwan

~ If you share your light with the world, truth and goodness will be your constant companions~ Micheal Teal

~There is no delight in owning anything unshared~ Seneca

~A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside~ Denis Waitley

Picture Yourself As Having Already Achieved Your Goals - Achievment Quotes

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~Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people~ Nido Qubein

~Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances~ Bruce Barton

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark~ Michelangelo

~All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts~ James Allen

~The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat~ Napoleon Hill

Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn't Work Hard - Hard Work Quotes

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~Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted~ David Bly

~Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win~ Nadia Comaneci

~Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love~ Steve Pavlina

~The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished~ Unknown

~Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it~ Charles Lazarus

True Abundance Flows From A Grateful Heart - Abundance Quotes

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~Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into~ Wayne Dyer

~When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears~ Anthony Robbins

~Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

~Piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and receiving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have received flow back into the world~ Russell Simmons

~Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving~ W. Clement Stone

The Quest For Life Begins With Knowing Who You Are - Quest Quotes

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~Life begins as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child~ Laurens Van der Post

~More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity~ Francois Gautier

~Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height~ Mahatma Gandhi

~The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being~ Dag Hammarskjold

~Most people have come to prefer certain of life’s experiences and deny and reject others, unaware of the value of the hidden things that may come wrapped in plain and even ugly paper. In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all costs, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness~ Rachel Naomi Remen

Motivation Always Beats Mere Talent - Motivation Quotes

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~Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do~ Vince Poscente

~Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated~ Lou Holtz

~People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily~ Zig Ziglar

~People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents~ Andrew Carnegie

~The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself~ Sir Alexander Paterson

Quality Begins On The Inside - Quality Quotes

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~Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives~ William A. Foster

~Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out~ Bob Moawad

~Quality is not an act, it is a habit~ Aristotle

~Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers~ Anthony Robbins

~Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort~ John Ruskin

Lose Yourself In The Service Of Others - Service Quotes

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~ Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards~ Elbert Hubbard

~I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy~ Rabindranath Tagore

~The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others~ Mahatma Gandhi

~There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well~ Walter Reuther

~The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Your Future Is Determined By Your Present Actions - Future Quotes

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~When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened~ John M. Richardson, Jr.

~Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past~ Gary Ryan Blair

~The future is purchased by the present~ Samuel Johnson

~Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future~ Denis Waitley

~The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in~ Annie Lennox

Wake Up With A Purpose - Purpose Quotes

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~The secret to success is constancy to purpose~ Benjamin Disraeli

~Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it~ James Allen

~The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do~ Pablo Casals

~Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best~ David O. McKay

~Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men~ Walter Lippmann

Great Works Are Performed By Perseverance - Perseverance Quotes

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~With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable~ Thomas Foxwell Buxton

~No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance~ Ramana Maharshi

~Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other~ Walter Elliot

~Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

~Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying. We must never give up, regardless of temptations, frustrations, disappointments, or discouragements~ Joseph P. Wirthlin

Smile For No Good Reason - Smile Quotes

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~If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook~ Les Giblin

~A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside~ Denis Waitley

~Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy~ Thich Nhat Hanh

~A smile is a curve that sets everything straight~ Phyllis Diller

~If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it~ Andy Rooney

Discover Your Unique Ability - Ability Quotes

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~For success, attitude is equally as important as ability~ Harry F. Banks

~It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test~ Elbert Hubbard

~A (wo)man of ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything~ Donald Kircher

~It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts~ Corrie Ten Boom

~Ability without honor is useless~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Taste Experience To The Utmost - Experience Quotes

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~Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald~ Proverb

~Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

~Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you~ Aldous Huxley

~Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment~ Bob Packwood

~There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience~ Archibald MacLeish

...And The Greatest Of These Is Love - Love Quotes

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~The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in~ Morrie Schwartz

~Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live~ Author Unknown

~I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love~ Robert Tizon

~We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love~ Mother Teresa

~There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love~ Don Juan DeMarco - Johnny Depp

Music Speaks What Cannot Be Expressed - Music Quotes

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~Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul~ Author Unknown

~To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable~ Aaron Copland

~Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent~ Victor Hugo

~Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul~ Plato

~The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul~ Johann Sebastian Bach

Everyday Is Earth Day - Earth Quotes

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~There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace~ Bourke Coekran

~What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on~ Henry David Thoreau

~The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions~ Daniel Webster

~Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values....God made life simple. It is man who complicates it~ Charles A. Lindbergh

~We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children~ Native American Proverb

When You Have Confidence You Have Fun - Confidence Quotes

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~With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp~ Author Unknown

~Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions~ Author Unknown

~When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things~ Author Unknown

~You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along'~ Eleanor Roosevelt

~All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure~ Mark Twain

Without Ambition One Starts Nothing - Ambition Quotes

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~A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive~ Pearl Bailey

~Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose~ Frank Tyger

~Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more~ Sir John Lubbock

~A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions~ Marcus Aurelius

~Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Teamwork Means We Believe In Each Other - Teamwork Quotes

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~Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results~ Andrew Carnegie

~A group becomes a team when all members are sure enough of themselves and their contributions to praise the skill of others~ Anonymous

~The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side~ Margaret Carty

~Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it~ Brian Tracy

~Regardless of differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder...Teamwork can be summed up in five short words: "We believe in each other~ Author Unknown

Nothing Of Greatness Is Achieved Without Discipline - Discipline Quotes

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~If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside~ Critias of Athen

~In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first~ Harry S. Truman

~The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others~ Tyron Edwards

~No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

~Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority~ Bertrand Russell

The Willing Go The Farthest - Will Quotes

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~Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will~ Mahatma Gandhi

~Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes~ Chinese Proverb

~People do not lack strength; they lack will~ Victor Hugo

~The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore~ Dale Carnegie

~A man can do all things if he but wills them~ Leon Battista Alberti

You're Always Free To Change Your Mind - Richard Bach Quotes

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~Perspective - Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that~ Richard Bach

~You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past~ Richard Bach

~There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts~ Richard Bach

~Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you~ Richard Bach

~If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats~ Richard Bach

Boredom Is A Pattern, Not A Reality - Boredom Quotes

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~Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours~ Dale Carnegie

~Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity~ R. I. Fitzhenry

~In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice~ Richard Bach

~I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom~ Thomas Carlyle

~The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes~ Susan Sontag

Communication Leads To Understanding - Communication Quotes

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~To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others~ Anthony Robbins

~You can communicate best when you first listen~ Catherine Pulsifer

~The genius of communication is the ability to be both totally honest and totally kind at the same time~ John Powell

~Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers~ Les Brown

~In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do~ Stephen R. Covey

Success Is An Outgoing Affirmation Of Life - Affirmation Quotes

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~Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion~ Jim Rohn

~Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level~ Alexander Haig

~Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life~ Alex Noble

~We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

~You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which "clicks~ Florence Scovel Shinn

There Are Only Two Emotions: Good & Bad - Emotion Quotes

2010-03-02T18:25:00.000-08:00

~Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs, the real fountain of youth we've been searching for. It enables us to drink from elixirs locked within our cells, just waiting for us to discover them~ Doc Childre

~Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you~ Roger Ebert

~The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason~ Marya Mannes

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body~ Irene Claremont de Castillejo

~Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance~ Brian Tracy

Ignore The Problems Of Tomorow And Live For Today - Tomorrow Quotes

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~Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow~ Mary Anne Radmacher

~Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow~ Author Unknown

~What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind~ Buddha

~To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today~ Author Unknown

~Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find tomorrow on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday's defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, If I had my life to live over again. Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day! Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again~ Og Mandino

Live The Life Of Your Dreams - Oprah Winfrey Quotes

2010-02-18T21:04:00.000-08:00

~I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life~ Oprah Winfrey

~Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure~ Oprah Winfrey

~The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate~ Oprah Winfrey

~Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment~ Oprah Winfrey

~The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams~ Oprah Winfrey

I am Somebody - Jesse Jackson Quotes

2010-02-17T11:51:00.000-08:00

~Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up~ Jesse Jackson

~If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose~ Jesse Jackson

~Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories~ Jesse Jackson

~Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together~ Jesse Jackson

~Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive~ Jesse Jackson

Make Your Own Happiness - Alice Walker Quotes

2010-02-16T11:35:00.000-08:00

~Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself~ Alice Walker

~In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful~ Alice Walker

~I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart~ Alice Walker

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any~ Alice Walker

~It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom~ Alice Walker

Prepare Today And The Furture Is Yours - Malcolm X Quotes

2010-02-15T11:15:00.000-08:00

~Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today~ Malcolm X

~If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything~ Malcolm X

~Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change~ Malcolm X

~When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn't believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire... or preserve his freedom~ Malcolm X

~There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time~ Malcolm X

Truth Always Prevails - Sojourner Truth Quotes

2010-02-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

~Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other~ Sojourner Truth

~Truth is powerful and it prevails~ Sojourner Truth

~If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again~ Sojourner Truth

~It is the mind that makes the body~ Sojourner Truth

~If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it~ Sojourner Truth

Life Is Not A Spectator Sport - Jackie Robinson Quotes

2010-02-13T22:26:00.000-08:00

~Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life~ Jackie Robinson

~A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives~ Jackie Robinson

~I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being~ Jackie Robinson

~The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go~ Jackie Robinson

~Discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow~ Jackie Robinson

No Mountain Is Too High - Wilma Rudolph Quotes

2010-02-12T21:30:00.000-08:00

~Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us~ Wilma Rudolph

~Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday~ Wilma Rudolph

~Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle~ Wilma Rudolph

~When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome~ Wilma Rudolph

~My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother~ Wilma Rudolph

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee - Muhammad Ali Quotes

2010-02-11T10:23:00.001-08:00

~It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen~ Muhammad Ali

~He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life~ Muhammad Ali

~Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything~ Muhammad Ali

~It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe~ Muhammad Ali

~Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
Muhammad Ali

Make A Difference In The Lives Of Others - Toni Morrison Quotes

2010-02-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

~If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it~ Toni Morrison

~If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it~ Toni Morrison

~If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression~ Toni Morrison

~Make a difference about something other than yourselves~ Toni Morrison

~At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough~ Toni Morrison

Love Removes The Masks We Fear We Can't Live Without - James Baldwin Quotes

2010-02-09T19:06:00.000-08:00

~Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law~ James A. Baldwin

~Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours~ James A. Baldwin

~Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced~ James A. Baldwin

~No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time~

~There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now~ James A. Baldwin

It Is The Response To Error That Counts - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

2010-02-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

~I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try~ Nikki Giovanni

~Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts~ Nikki Giovanni

~Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us~ Nikki Giovanni

~If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it~ Nikki Giovanni

~There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your live those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect~ Nikki Giovanni

Salvation Comes From Within - A. Philip Randolph Quotes

2010-02-07T09:24:00.000-08:00

~Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within~ A. Philip Randolph

~Freedom is never given; it is won~ A. Philip Randolph

~Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship~ A. Philip Randolph

~Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action~ A. Philip Randolph

~We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts~ A. Philip Randolph

A Mind Made Up Diminishes Fear - Rosa Parks Quotes

2010-02-06T09:59:00.000-08:00

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear~ Rosa Parks

~Each person must live their life as a model for others~ Rosa Parks

~Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others~ Rosa Parks

~I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free~ Rosa Parks

~I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day~ Rosa Parks

With Confidence You Have Already Won - Marcus Garvey Quotes

2010-02-05T09:05:00.000-08:00

~A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots~ Marcus Garvey

~If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won before you have started~ Marcus Garvey

~Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences~ Marcus Garvey

~Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself~ Marcus Garvey

~God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement~ Marcus Garvey

True Beauty Starts From Within - Ruby Dee Quotes

2010-02-04T01:30:00.000-08:00

~The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage, dignity~ Ruby Dee

~There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, ... but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days~ Ruby Dee

~We've got to start saying 'No further. This must stop~ Ruby Dee

~The greatest gift is not being afraid to question~ Ruby Dee

~Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love~ Ruby Dee

Believe In Life! - W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

2010-02-03T06:51:00.000-08:00

~Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime~ W. E. B. Du Bois

~The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.~ W. E. B. Du Bois

~It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be black or white, Greek, Russian or American~ W. E. B. Du Bois

~If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known~ W. E. B. Du Bois

~Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life~ W. E. B. Du Bois

We Must Not Be Defeated - Maya Angelou Quotes

2010-02-02T18:10:00.000-08:00

~Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage~ Maya Angelou

~I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver~ Maya Angelou

~We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated~ Maya Angelou

~I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel~ Maya Angelou

~While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation~ Maya Angelou

Hold Fast To Your Dreams - Langston Hughes Quotes

2010-02-01T17:44:00.000-08:00

~Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly, Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams go, Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow~ Langston Hughes

~An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose~ Langston Hughes

~I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go~ Langston Hughes

~What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags - like a heavy lead~ Langston Hughes

~The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it~ Langston Hughes

Appreciation Gives Us More To Appreciate - Appreciation Quotes

2010-01-29T09:42:00.000-08:00

~Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours~ Marty Rubin

~Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well~ Voltaire

~I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate~ Elbert Hubbard

~When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have~ Stephen Hawking

~We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have~ Frederick Keonig

Practice Invites Perfection Into Your Life - Practice Quotes

2010-01-27T06:49:00.000-08:00

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win~ Ed Macauley

~It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice~ Eric Lindros

~Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge~ Matthew Arnold

~Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections~ Brian Klemmer

~Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired~ Martha Graham

Indecision Plants A Seed Of Fear In The Heart - Indecision Quotes

2010-01-24T18:14:00.000-08:00

~Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others~ H. A. Hopf

~There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision~ William James

~Indecision is the seedling of fear~ Napoleon Hill

~Indecision and delays are the parents of failure~ George Canning

~Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you're wallowing in indecision, you certainty can't act - and action is the basis of success~ Marie Beynon Ray

Give Until It Hurts. It Actually Feels Good - Giving Quotes

2010-01-23T14:51:00.000-08:00

~It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving~ Richard Braunstein

~You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give~ Kahlil Gibran

~It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving~ Mother Teresa

~If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart~ Arab Proverb

~Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself. It is not the receiver that is blessed, but it is the giver. Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect~ Swami Vivekananda

The Secret To Attraction Is To Love Yourself - Deepak Chopra Quotes

2010-01-21T12:12:00.000-08:00

~If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up~ Deepak Chopra

~The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers~ Deepak Chopra

~The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal~ Deepak Chopra

~Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real~ Deepak Chopra

~The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe~ Deepak Chopra

Do You Have A Dream? - Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

2010-01-18T07:11:00.000-08:00

~An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity~ Martin Luther King, Jr

~Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that~ Martin Luther King, Jr

~Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness~ Martin Luther King, Jr

~I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear~ Martin Luther King, Jr

~Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him~ Martin Luther King, Jr

Be Honest To Both The Honest And Dishonest - Honesty Quotes

2010-01-17T06:00:00.000-08:00

~Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained~ Lao Tzu

~All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature~ Montaigne

~Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist~ Mary Kay Ash

~We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy~ George Bernard Shaw

~Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it~ American Proverb

Reputation: 20 Years To Build & 5 Minutes To Ruin - Reputation Quotes

2010-01-16T12:06:00.000-08:00

~Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing~ Abraham Lincoln

~Don't consider your reputation and you may do anything you like~ Chinese Proverb

~Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are~ John Wooden

~It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently~ Warren Buffett

~The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear~ Socrates

Don't Play The Blame Game - Blame Quotes

2010-01-11T10:33:00.000-08:00

~The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny~ Albert Ellis

~A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else~ J. Paul Getty

~The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins~ Bob Moawad

~People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives~ J. Michael Straczynski

~All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy~ Wayne Dyer

The Power Of Positive Thinking - Positivity Quotes

2010-01-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

~You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination~ Ralph Marston

~The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible~ Author Unknown

~Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results~ Willie Nelson

~There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative~ W. Clement Stone

~If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience~ Swami Vivekananda

Knowledge Is Gained From Great Zeal - Zeal Quotes

2010-01-04T17:51:00.000-08:00

~Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow~ Buddha

~Zeal will do more than knowledge~ William Hazlitt

~Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment~ Owen Felltham

~Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal~ Charles Buxton

~Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow~ Kahlil Gibran

Put Your Ideas Into Action - Idea Quotes

2010-01-02T10:54:00.000-08:00

~Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced~ Swami Vivekananda

~An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea~ Buddha

~Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about~ Ashleigh Brilliant

~Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act~ Andre Malraux

~Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference~ Nolan Bushnell

Every New Year Brings New Opportunities - New Year Quotes

2010-01-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

~May your home be blessed, your efforts be rewarded and your life enriched by God to whom we give thanks for all we have. Happy New Year to you and to your family~ Author Unknown

~Every year gives us another chance, chance to change, to hope and wish for the better. That betterment will surely come. Wishing you and your family a joyous New Year!~ Author Unknown

~May God bless you more with what is truly essential in life: Stronger spirit, brave heart, healthier body, endless love, and God’s grace in abundance this 2010. God Bless and a great 2010 year ahead. Happy New Year!~ Author Unknown

~God bless you and keep you safe not only today but through life that is coming in your way. May the year 2010 be among the best years you’ll ever spend. Happy New Year!~ Author Unknown

~Life is not fair but it is still good. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Each day, thank God for all the blessings and beautiful gifts He has given to us. Enjoy living for the next full year. Happy New Year and Happy 2010!~ Author Unknown

Be An Observer Rather Than Just A Watcher - Observation Quotes

2009-12-29T18:37:00.000-08:00

~Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life~ Marcus Aurelius

~If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect~ Eugene G. Grace

~All of us are watchers...of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway...but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing~ Peter M. Leschak

~Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius~ Edward G. Bulwer-lytton

~The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration~ Henry Moore

There Is Never Enough For The Greedy - Greed Quotes

2009-12-26T18:17:00.000-08:00

~There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed~ Frank Buchman

~Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed~ Mahatma Gandhi

~He who is greedy is always in want~ Horace

~If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like the oompa.... loompa.... doompity do~ Ooompa Loompas

~A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace, love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred. "Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy. "Whichever one I feed," is the reply~Native American Proverb

Merry Christmas - Christmas Quotes

2009-12-25T09:03:00.000-08:00

~There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men~ Author Unknown

~The best Christmas of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another~

~Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas~ Calvin Coolidge

~Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need, That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you~ Ann Schultz

~Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display - so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the heart~ Author Unknown

When You Visualize You Materialize - Visualization Quotes

2009-12-23T18:11:00.000-08:00

~Visualization and belief in a pattern of reality, Activates the creative power of Realization~ A. L. Linall, Jr

~Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you~ Jerry Gillies

~Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible~ Cherie Carter-Scott

~Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build~ Robert Collier

~People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under~ Author Unknown

Quitters Never Have A Chance At Success - Quit Quotes

2009-12-22T18:01:00.000-08:00

~Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit~ Conrad Hilton

~Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

~Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever~ Lance Armstrong

~People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under~ Author Unknown

~Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come~ Og Mandino

True Generosity Is Given Unconditionally - Generosity Quotes

2009-12-20T11:00:00.000-08:00

~Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do~ Kahlil Gibran

~Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear~ Horace Mann

~Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present~ Albert Camus

~Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time~ Thomas J. Watson

~Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity~ Jose Marti

Good Habits Lead To Excellence - Habit Quotes

2009-12-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

~We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit~ Aristotle

~Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters~ Nathaniel Emmons

~Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of~ Proverb

~Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel~ Tryon Edwards

~Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going~ Jim Rohn

The Divine Art Of Meditation - Meditation Quotes

2009-12-17T09:57:00.000-08:00

~Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom~ Buddha

~If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world~ Sri Chinmoy

~Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity~ Voltaire

~No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation~ Walter Bagehot

~We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment~ Alan Watts

Every Moment Is A Miracle To Be Treasured - Miracle Quotes

2009-12-16T06:03:00.000-08:00

~There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle~ Albert Einstein

~One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work, a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts, which the superficial person who leaves his or her work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition, can never know. It is this conscientious completeness which turns any work into art. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement~ Og Mandino

~Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you~ Jon Bon Jovi

~A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle~ George Bernard Shaw

~Miracles are God's way of saying, "I'm still here!" Since every moment, every person, and every thing is a miracle, we can be sure that God is ALWAYS here~ Dexter W. Francois(QuoteGuy)

Listening Is A Creative Force - Listening Quotes

2009-12-15T06:00:00.000-08:00

~The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words~ Rachel Naomi Remen

~I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen~ Ernest Hemingway

~When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens, how confusions that seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard. I have deeply appreciated the times that I have experienced this sensitive, empathic, concentrated listening~ Carl R. Rogers

~Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand! Author Unknown

~So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

One Love - Bob Marley Quotes

2009-12-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

~Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!~ Bob Marley

~Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together. Black, White, Chinese, EVERYONE. That's all~ Bob Marley

~Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds~ Bob Marley

~Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold~ Bob Marley

~My life is not important to me, but other people life important. Me, life only important if I can help plenty people. If me my life is just me, my one security....then me no want it. My life is for people. That's what me is~ Bob Marley

All We Have Is Today So Forget Yesterday - Yesterday Quotes

2009-12-13T06:00:00.000-08:00

~Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow, a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day~ Sanskrit Proverb

~There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow~ Robert Burdette

~Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!~ Edwin Bliss

~Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it~ Horace

~If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today~ Joyce Chapman

Judge Not Before You Judge Yourself - Judgement Quotes

2009-12-12T09:28:00.000-08:00

~If you judge people, you have no time to love them~ Mother Teresa

~We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started~ Henry Ward Beecher

~I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge~ Gerald Jampolsky

~Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves~ Charlotte Bronte

~When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge~ Gerald Jampolsky

Why Worry? - Worry Quotes

2009-12-11T15:23:00.000-08:00

~It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized~ Wayne Dyer

~There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever~ Mohandas Gandhi

~If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it~ George Burns

~Most things I worry about never happen anyway~ Tom Petty

~Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere~ Glenn Turner

Understanding Leads To Peace Of Mind And Peace With Others - Understanding Quotes

2009-12-10T09:29:00.000-08:00

~Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves~ Carl Gustav Jung

~Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly~ Richard Bach

~Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving~ Dale Carnegie

~Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

~Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again~ Og Mandino

Remembering Jim Rohn - Jim Rohn Quotes

2009-12-08T05:55:00.000-08:00

~Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming~ Jim Rohn

~Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention~ Jim Rohn

~If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary~ Jim Rohn

~It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions~ Jim Rohn

~Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you~ Jim Rohn

Create Yourself Instead Of Trying To Find Yourself - Og Mandino Quotes

2009-12-05T12:41:00.000-08:00

~I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted~ Og Mandino

~Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats~ Og Mandino

~The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such~ Og Mandino

~To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can~ Og Mandino

~I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy~ Og Mandino

Wealth Is In Ideas Not Money - Wealth Quotes

2009-12-04T08:48:00.000-08:00

~Wealth is the ability to fully experience life~ Henry David Thoreau

~Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think~ Ayn Rand

~Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service~ Henry Ford

~All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth~ Napoleon Hill

~The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away~ Marcus Aurelius

Be Water My Friend - Bruce Lee Quotes

2009-12-03T00:56:00.000-08:00

~If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them~ Bruce Lee

~The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering~ Bruce Lee

~Don't think, feel! It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory~ Bruce Lee

~I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude~ Bruce Lee

~Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend~ Bruce Lee

Discover And Develop Your Unique Gift - Unique Quotes

2009-12-01T17:34:00.000-08:00

~No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning~ Barbara De Angelis

~Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment~ Ralph Marston

~What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else~ Joseph Campbell

~As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others~ Robert H. Schuller

~Our inner strengths, experiences, and truths cannot be lost, destroyed, or taken away. Every person has an inborn worth and can contribute to the human community. We all can treat one another with dignity and respect, provide opportunities to grow toward our fullest lives and help one another discover and develop our unique gifts. We each deserve this and we all can extend it to others~ Author Unknown

A Good Question Is Better Than A Good Answer - Question Quotes

2009-11-30T20:38:00.000-08:00

~You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change~ Jim Rohn

~One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever~ Chinese Proverb

~To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions~ Sam Keen

~The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face~ Napoleon Hill

~Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use~ Carlos Castaneda

The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get - Luck Quotes

2009-11-29T11:35:00.000-08:00

~Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long~ Richard Bach

~I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often~ Brian Tracy

~The more I practice, the luckier I get~ Gary Player

~Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don't depend on it~ Author Unknown

~All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it~ Robert Collier

Give Thanks!!! - Thanksgiving Day Quotes

2009-11-26T07:11:00.000-08:00

~Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude~ E.P. Powell

~Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory~ Author Unknown

~Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in~ Phillips Brooks

~Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness~ Robert Casper Lintner

~Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse~ Henry Van Dyke

Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time - Procrastination Quotes

2009-11-24T10:43:00.000-08:00

~Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday~ Don Marquis

~The two rules of procrastination: 1) Do it today. 2) Tomorrow will be today tomorrow~ Author Unknown

~Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday~ Napoleon Hill

~Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage~ Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby

~Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy~ Wayne Gretzky

Grant Me The Wisdom To Know The Difference - Wisdom Quotes

2009-11-23T19:09:00.000-08:00

~Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it~ Albert Einstein

~Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life~ Sandra Carey

~The highest form of wisdom is kindness~ The Talmud

~A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?~ Author Unknown

~God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference~ Reinhold Niebuhr

Nourish The Subconscious Mind With Repetition - Repetition Quotes

2009-11-22T15:56:00.000-08:00

~Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought~ Napoleon Hill

~Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex~ Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

~Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality~ Earl Nightingale

~You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition~ W. Clement Stone

~It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen~ Muhammad Ali

Laugh Until It Hurts - Laughter Quotes

2009-11-21T11:54:00.000-08:00

~At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities~ Jean Houston

~Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit~ Author Unknown

~A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around~ Carolyn Birmingham

~A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods. ~Author unknown

~It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either~ Dr. Wayne Dyer

Do The Right Thing Because It Is Right - Integrity Quotes

2009-11-20T12:15:00.000-08:00

~No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it~ Charles Caleb Colton

“It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity~ Francis Bacon, Sr

~Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't~ Peter Scotese

~Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will~ John D. MacDonald

~Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity~ W. Clement Stone